A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush in Hindi — Meaning of नौ नक़द न तेरह उधार (nau nakad n terah udhar)

📖 Meaning of “a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush”

The meaning of “a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush” in Hindi is नौ नक़द न तेरह उधार, pronounced nau nakad n terah udhar — it is a noun. Copy the Devanagari word above, hear how it is pronounced, and use it anywhere. To type words like this yourself, try our Hindi typing tool, or explore more words in the vocabulary sets.

📘 Definition of a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

A sure thing is preferable to the mere chance at something more.

✍️ A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush in a sentence

It is more sykyr a bryd in youre fyste

मैंने उस नौकरी का स्वीकार कर लिया जिसे मेरे पास था, बिना वहाँ जाकर और बेहतर मिलेगी उम्मीद करने।

🌱 Word Origin (Etymology)

Calque of Latin plus valet in manibus avis unica quam dupla silvis (“a single bird in the hands is worth more than two in the forest”), possibly deriving from sources as old as the ancient Middle East, with the 6th century BCE Proverbs of Ahiqar including "a sparrow in thy hand is better than a thousand sparrows flying".

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Word (English)

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

Meaning in Hindi

नौ नक़द न तेरह उधार

Pronunciation

nau nakad n terah udhar

Part of speech

Noun

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The Hindi meaning of "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush" is नौ नक़द न तेरह उधार (nau nakad n terah udhar).

In Devanagari script it is written as नौ नक़द न तेरह उधार.

It is pronounced "nau nakad n terah udhar". Tap the speaker icon on this page to hear it aloud.

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